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Cancer Conversations with CMCA

Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance

Health & Fitness

Frequency: 1 episode/0d. Total Eps: 6

Welcome to Cancer Conversations, a collaborative podcast series bringing together perspectives from Primary and Secondary Care to explore current and topical issues in cancer, focusing on difficult and challenging aspects of cancer care, and aimed at supporting and informing clinicians across healthcare and members of the public.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Medicine
03/10/2026
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6: Ep.6 Breast Cancer - Living Beyond the Disease

Episode 6

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 45:18

In this episode, special guest Mrs Gina Barnett, who has experienced breast cancer (and is Managing Director of SWAGGA PCN in Liverpool) joins Dr Hong Tseung (GP Clinical Lead at the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance) and Miss Sonia Bathla (Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Burney Breast Unit, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) to discuss the after-effects of breast cancer treatment and life beyond cancer. Gina shares her breast cancer journey and reflects on how it has shaped her life. The episode explores the “void” that can follow treatment, and the anxiety it may create, as well as the psychosocial challenges, surgical and menopausal side effects, and recurrence concerns that can affect patients. It also discusses symptom management and support available in primary and secondary care, including Cancer Care Reviews and Holistic Needs Assessments. Practical resources are included to support clinical practice and deepen listeners’ understanding.

Here are the links to the resources mentioned in the episode:
1. Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance: Holistic Needs Assessment (5 minute video)
Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) :: Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance

2. Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance: PrOCEDE: Personalised Care Resources
What is personalised care? :: Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance

3. Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance: End of Treatment Summary E-Learning (free) and Guidance Document
End of Treatment Summary e-Learning :: Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Academy

4. Macmillan Cancer Support: Cancer Care Review Guidance
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-professionals/cancer-pathways/prevention-and-diagnosis/cancer-care-review

5. “The reason I stopped being a breast surgeon” – Liz O’Riordan (a patient’s experience of life after breast cancer, 23 min video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpJKX6tmCTo&t=5s

6. Breast Cancer Now: Moving Forward: for people living with and beyond breast cancer (downloadable booklet for patients)
https://breastcancernow.org/download-and-order-publications/moving-forward-for-people-living-with-and-beyond-breast-cancer-bcc197

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5: Ep.5 Metastatic Breast Cancer

Episode 5

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 34:47

In this episode, Dr Hong Tseung (GP Clinical Lead at the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance) and Professor Carlo Palmieri (Professor of Translational Oncology at the University of Liverpool and Consultant Medical Oncologist with a specialist interest in breast cancer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre) discuss breast cancer recurrence. They explore the risks, assessment, management and referral of metastatic breast disease across primary and secondary care, as well as the support available for affected patients. Practical resources are included to support clinical practice and deepen listeners’ understanding.

Here are the links to the resources mentioned in the episode:

ABCD (After Breast Cancer Diagnosis) Infographic: Red Flag Symptoms of Secondary Breast Cancer.

https://www.abcdiagnosis.co.uk/resources/infographics/

2. Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance: Safety Netting
https://cmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/resources/introduction/primary-care-resources/referral-quality/safety-netting

3. Breast Cancer Now: Secondary Breast Cancer (useful patient information website)
https://breastcancernow.org/about-breast-cancer/secondary-breast-cancer

4. Predict breast cancer online tool
https://breast.predict.cam/ 5. 6. (downloadable booklet for patients) 7. 8. 0808 808 00 00

4: Ep.4 HRT, Menopause and Breast Cancer

Episode 4

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 36:16

In this episode, Dr Jennifer McBride (GP with a specialist interest in Sexual Medicine and Reproductive Health and Sefton GP Clinical Lead for Gynaecology at the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance) joins Miss Sonia Bathla (Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Burney Breast Unit, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) to discuss how patients with menopausal symptoms commonly present in primary care, which symptoms matter most to them, and what clinical assessment is required. They clarify the relationship between HRT and breast cancer risk, including management options and when referral is appropriate. They also explore the challenges of managing treatment-related menopausal symptoms in women with breast cancer, including patient concerns, available treatment options, and contraceptive choices, including hormonal methods. Practical resources are included to support clinical practice and deepen listeners’ understanding.

Here are the links to the resources mentioned in the episode:
1. British Menopause Society. Fast Facts: HRT and Breast Cancer Risk (Sep 2025)
https://thebms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/12-NEW-BMS-ToolsforClinicians-Fast-Facts-HRT-and-Beast-Cancer-Risk-SEPT2025-B.pdf

2. British Menopause Society
Short videos on : HRT & Risk Of Breast Cancer, HRT & breast cancer: overall risks and benefits,
Post Cancer Treatments
https://thebms.org.uk/publications/bms-tv/

3. Update on Menopause Hormone Therapy: Current Indications and Unanswered Questions. Mukherjee A, Davis SR. Clinical Endocrinology 2025.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cen.15211?msockid=09b63fd088756a85080429af893b6bd7

4. British Menopause Society. Consensus statement: The benefits and risks of HRT before and after a breast cancer diagnosis. Updated September 2025.

3: Ep.3 Breast Pain, Breast Infection and Male Breast Cancer

Episode 3

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 36:34

In this episode, Dr Hong Tseung (GP Clinical Lead at the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance) and Miss Sonia Bathla (Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Burney Breast Unit, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) discuss the assessment of breast pain and when it may indicate breast cancer. They also explore other common causes of breast pain, including breast infection, and consider when referral to breast services is appropriate. The episode also covers the assessment and management of gynaecomastia and suspected male breast cancer. Practical resources are included to support clinical practice and deepen listeners’ understanding.

Here are the links to the resources mentioned in the episode:
Breast Pain:
1. Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance: Information for Primary Care on Referral of Breast Symptoms
https://cmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/application/files/2517/8230/0417/Female_Breast_Symptomatic_cancer_not_suspected_Referral_Form_vF2.0.pdf

2. Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance: Referral Form for Adult Female Patients Requiring Symptomatic Breast Clinic.
https://cmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/application/files/7817/8230/0216/USC_Female_Breast_Referral_Form_vF2.0.pdf

2: Ep.2 Genetics, Family History & Breast Cancer

Episode 2

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 18:23

In this episode, Dr Hong Tseung (GP Clinical Lead at the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance) and Ms Tanya Davis (Senior Genetic Counsellor and Breast Care Lead at the Liverpool Centre for Genomic Medicine) discuss family history risk assessment for breast cancer. They talk about how assessments are carried out in primary and secondary care, when genomic testing may be appropriate, and how to make appropriate referrals to the Family History Clinic or Genomics services. They also outline the differences between “Mainstream” and “Diagnostic” genetic testing. Practical resources are included to support listeners’ clinical practice and deepen their understanding.

Here are the links to the resources mentioned in the episode:
1. Primary Care & Genomics Resources, Cancer Academy, Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance
https://cmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/resources/genomics/breast-genomics
(free access but requires registration – also free)

2. Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance: Referral from Primary Care to the Family History Clinic in Secondary Care
https://cmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/application/files/9717/8230/0680/Female_Breast_Family_History_Referral_vF2.0.pdf

1: Ep.1 Breast Cancer Screening & Prevention

Episode 1

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 34:42

In this episode, Dr Hong Tseung (GP Clinical Lead at the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance) and Miss Sonia Bathla (Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Burney Breast Unit, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) explore the NHS Breast Screening Programme, including current national screening criteria and the implications for patients outside these criteria, such as transgender people and women over 70.

They also discuss breast cancer prevention, focusing on lifestyle changes that can make a meaningful difference.

Practical resources are included to support listeners’ clinical practice and deepen their understanding.

Here are the links to the resources mentioned in the episode:

1. Local NHS Breast Screening Contact Details (UK)
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/other-health-services/breast-screening-services/

2. NHSE Guidance on Breast Screening: reducing Health Inequalities
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breast-screening-identifying-and-reducing-inequalities/breast-screening-reducing-inequalities

3. Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) PRACTICE Dashboard
Can be accessed via the CMCA Cancer Academy (free registration) which then directs to free registration with the PRACTICE Dashboard to gain access to its data:
https://cmcanceralliance.nhs.uk/resources/introduction/primary-care-resources/cheshire-merseyside-practice-dashboard

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